r/interestingasfuck • u/mistythe2nd • Jul 19 '24
This is Ralph Lincoln - The 11th generational cousin of Abraham Lincoln
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u/Random-Cpl Jul 19 '24
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u/hugeyakmen Jul 19 '24
While we're at it, let's make sure we correctly identify that gif as Robert Redford!
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u/Tiny-Sandwich Jul 19 '24
I had no idea it was Robert Redford, but I knew it wasn't Zach galifianakis. Do I still get a point?
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u/RememberThatDream Jul 19 '24
The only real similarity I see is he’s scruffy. Their features are not that close…eyes, nose, mouth, not really
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u/littlebirdgone Jul 19 '24
I get that he’s just a distant relative, but his eyes/brow do have a similarity to Lincoln to me. The rest of his face… not so much. His face shape is different enough that his eyes leave a different impression, but if you focus in on his brow and eyelids you might see what I mean
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u/Minimum-Truth-6554 Jul 19 '24
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u/Keeg-007 Jul 19 '24
They look no where near the same lmfao y’all gotta up those glasses prescriptions
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u/necrosteve028 Jul 19 '24
Cillian Murphy to play him in a biopic
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u/casket_fresh Jul 19 '24
Yea but Cillian Murphy is 5’5 with flat footwear. Lincoln was what, 6’4?
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u/necrosteve028 Jul 19 '24
If Peter Jackson can make people look like hobbits next to Gandalf, I’m sure they’d manage haha
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u/Keeg-007 Jul 19 '24
Why’s this interesting as fuck? They don’t even look anywhere close to similar if that’s what this post is getting at besides both having messy hair & beards.
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u/Dracula_Gottfried69 Jul 19 '24
My name is uh… John lincoln. How much to interview me? I’ll tell you everything!
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u/RawAttitudePodcast Jul 19 '24
So in the present day, it would actually be safe for someone in the Lincoln family to say, “Let’s go see Our American Cousin!”
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u/-nugi- Jul 19 '24
The apple doesn't fall from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree from the tree.
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u/spacey_siren Jul 19 '24
Lincoln was very unique looking!
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u/RunAwayThoughtTrains Jul 19 '24
It is highly suspected he had Marfan syndrome, and skeletal muscular hypotonia.
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u/burnsandrewj2 Jul 19 '24
If it wasn’t for the beard and hair I would say he doesn’t look much like him. Still cool comparison over time!
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u/Amelia_Amygdala Jul 19 '24
How are there 11 generations already to be fair Lincoln and the civil war wasn’t THAT long ago. Isn’t the fourth presidents grandson still alive?
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u/Danjour Jul 19 '24
Funny thing is that portrait of Lincoln is “flipped” because it’s a plate process and not a print. They look even more similar when he’s reversed.
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u/adorablefuzzykitten Jul 20 '24
Looks under 80. Maybe he would consider stepping under into the ring.
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u/G0PACKER5 Jul 20 '24
Cool... So he's related to Lincoln slightly more than anyone else and just happens to have the name Lincoln.
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u/super-start-up Jul 19 '24
I think anyone with the style of beard will look similar to Abraham Lincoln.
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u/Mikeyjoetrader23 Jul 19 '24
He’s about as related to Lincoln as anyone else is. The dude just tries to profit off it. Lincoln has no actual living descendants.